TimberFest 2026!

Join us August 20-23 and enjoy some timber framing, camping, fishing, and Guild magic!

TimberFest 2026 brings the Timber Framers Guild back to the Griswold Scout Reservation in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, August 20–23, for a weekend of hands-on timber framing, learning, camping, fellowship, and Guild magic. Set in a beautiful location with room to gather, build, swim, fish, walk in the woods, and sit around a campfire, TimberFest is both a working event and a community gathering. Whether you are a longtime timber framer, an engineer, a preservationist, a student, a family member, or simply timber-frame curious, there will be meaningful ways to participate.

This year’s event brings several Guild passions together in one place. Alongside the TimberFest frame project, we will have programming from the Traditional Timberframe Research & Advisory Group (TTRAG) and the Timber Frame Engineering Council (TFEC), which will overlap and intertwine. This educational track will include technical talks, historic building research, engineering sessions, timber grading, discussions of trades education, bridge and barn presentations, a woods walk, and shared conversations about the past, present, and future of timber framing. You can check out the schedule HERE. 

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